I also presume the anti-jitter works in the same way, as the image moves about the CCD, move the scanned 'window' to follow it. There are three styles of anti-jitter systems: [1] Examine the image, frame-by-frame, and judge whether the camera is moving based upon the image; move the image around electronic- ally based on that. [2] Use a gyroscopic sensor to detect camera motion, and move the image around electronically based on that. [3] Use a gyroscopic sensor to detect camera motion, and move the image around optically using moveable mirrors based on that. In addition, there's a method which was (probably still is) used on some professional movie cameras: [*] Have the camera mechanism "floating" in a gimballed subsystem within the device the user holds, so that small changes of angle on the handgrips won't change the angle of the camera. Of the common choices for camcorders, [3] is the most expensive, but it avoids some of the motion-blur problems that can result from [2]. [1] avoids mechanical sensors, but detecting what motion is real isn't always easy or reliable.